Chapter 491 The Whole Story of the Assassination

For a moment, Nightingale felt that the whole black and white world was shaking.

After getting out of the fog, the scenery in front of me regained its color. The dark curtain of the sacred stone dissipated, and the heart that was about to jump out of my chest retreated back - the man who fell on the ground was not Roland, but a guard I had never seen before. He was wearing the standard uniform of the Honeysuckle family, with a dark red mark on his chest. , like a gunshot wound.

"Why are you here?" A familiar voice sounded beside him.

She tilted her head. The speaker was none other than Roland. He was surrounded by several guards in a corner of the hall, so much so that when she rushed into the room, she didn't notice him at all.

"I..." When he opened his mouth, Nightingale realized that his throat was extremely hoarse, his hands and feet were cold and numb, as if he had survived a disaster, and his body was extremely soft. At this time, the only thing she wanted to do was to hug Roland tightly, but she knew she couldn't do that. There were other nobles here. If she wanted to independently take on the security bureau and the strong shield of the territory, she couldn't do it in front of everyone. Being too close to him in front of me.

Although his mind clearly told him that he couldn't, his body involuntarily walked towards Roland, opened the mist, passed through the guards, and hugged him hard.

There was an exclamation of exclamation at the scene. It was obvious that everyone did not understand why a witch suddenly appeared and then disappeared again without saying a word.

In the mist, her arms were tightly attached to the prince's back, her head buried in her chest, listening to the other person's heartbeat, as if this was the only way to prove that everything was just a false alarm.

Roland seemed to have realized something, and clapped his hands to the nobles, "Everyone, let's go to the dining room to have lunch first. Don't leave the castle for the time being. The meeting will continue in the afternoon!"

When only the prince's bodyguard, Perro, Sylvie, and Lightning were left at the scene, he asked, "Is the murderer related to this assassination?"

Nightingale's mind gradually calmed down at this time. She took three steps back with some reluctance, appeared, and pretended to have never been close to the prince before saying, "Exactly, when I found out that the instigator behind the criminal was Honeysuckle's bodyguard. , rushed over immediately." She recounted her findings and Mance's confession, "I didn't expect that the other party's real purpose was to lure us away and find an opportunity to strike... Fortunately, you are safe and sound."

"To be able to plan to this point, taking into account the timing of my visit and the witch," Roland sighed, "This person is really wasted as an assassin."

Perro immediately knelt down on one knee and said to the prince, "Your Highness, I really don't know who he is -"

"Get up, you've already said this, and I don't like imposing crimes," he interrupted, "but you are also at fault. There are flaws in the castle's servants and peripheral security. This is your dereliction of duty."

"I..." Pero opened his mouth and finally lowered his head, "I am guilty."

"Find out his identity and origins, and I want to know the results now."

"Yes, Your Highness!"

After Honeysuckle's eldest son left, Nightingale asked the worries in her heart, "What was the situation at that time?"

"There was no danger," Roland smiled, "Thanks to Sylvie's warning... But having said that, he was already at a disadvantage if he chose to do it in the conference hall."

After listening to the prince's story, she understood the assassination process - but in fact, it was not as easy as he said. Although weapons were not allowed into the hall, the enemy hid a dagger in his clothes, and since he was indeed a castle guard, no one conducted a body search and let him enter the hall directly.

If there was any mistake on the part of the assassin, it was carrying the Stone of Divine Retribution. It is normal for the guards patrolling the periphery to wear sacred stones, but they are particularly conspicuous in the hall. In order not to interfere with Sylvie's observation, all the participating nobles took off their sacred stone ornaments as required. The sudden appearance of the black hole made Sylvie first Time noticed him, and when he walked towards His Royal Highness, Sylvie immediately issued a warning.

Although Roland said the next scene very easily, Nightingale still felt a cold sweat. The hall was almost twenty meters long and wide. It only took a few breaths from the time the enemy heard the warning and started running to when they approached the main seat of the long table. As soon as His Highness pulled out the revolver and opened the safety, the dagger had already pierced his body. The hit site was the lower back. Nightingale, who has experienced assassination training, naturally knows that compared to the chest and head, which are subconsciously guarded against, the waist is extremely difficult to defend. Once injured, the severe pain can immediately make the target lose the ability to resist. The next step is probably to cut it off. The blood vessels in the neck.

Fortunately, His Highness Roland was wearing Soraya's special protective clothing. The dagger could not penetrate the coating and could not stop his next move. The gun fired almost close to the assassin's body, and a huge roar caused chaos on the scene. Two twelve-millimeter bullets directly took away the enemy's life.

Nightingale knew how dangerous this process was. If His Highness failed to turn on the safety in panic, and if the pistol failed to fire smoothly, the consequences would be unimaginable... She turned her head and glanced at the lightning with a glare. Sister-in-law Liang immediately lowered her head and said, He looked like he honestly admitted his mistake.

"Your Highness, it has been found out," Pero walked into the hall again, "His name is Theo. He is not a native of the Western Region. He was once a castle guard of Duke Lane."

"Duke Ryan?" Roland frowned, "Why would you choose such a person to be your bodyguard?"

"He was just an ordinary guard. At that time, every family lost a lot of men, so I recruited those who had little relationship with the Duke. This is also the way the fortress has always done..." Pero said carefully, "I I think it is unlikely that he carried out this assassination to avenge the Duke. "

He was not lying, Nightingale thought. After the fall of a big noble, apart from those subordinates who had been entrusted with territories and titles, the remaining people were also resources that could be divided up in the eyes of other nobles. For those who were partitioned, it was just like changing their owners. Since Honeysuckle had surrendered to His Highness Roland very early, and the fortress had been managed by Peiro, these people had not been reviewed.

"How many people are there with such origins?" Roland asked, "Have you also used people from the Wild Rose, Maple Leaf and Benlang families?"

"There are only three or four outside the castle," Pero nodded. "The servants, subjects and serfs of the other three families are all classified into the Honeysuckle and Elk families. I guarantee that they will not appear in the fortress."

"Okay, I won't care about those people, but in the castle area, even the outer guard candidates must be selected from your family. Do you understand? As for the guards in the castle, I will personally arrange them."

"As you command, Your Highness."

"In addition, seal off Theo's residence, and I will find out the real reason for his assassination." Roland looked at Lightning, "Inform Maisie and ask her to bring Count Speer to Changsong." (To be continued.) .)